2007-05-23 14:35:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Comedy
their was never a channel one even before they had pay per veiw and on demand channels
2007-05-23 14:41:05 · update #1
Because Americans are weird. We have TV1, and so do most if not all European countries.
2007-05-24 09:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by ivy_la_sangrienta 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In the developmental days of TV (in the mid-1940's), when TV was developing and channels were allocated, channel 1 was reserved - commercial TV began with channel 2. Channel 1 had initially been reserved for low power local broadcasting. For technical reasons, this didn't work out. In the late 1940's the "channel 1" frequencies were officially allocated to another radio service. Rather than renumber the whole channel plan - the decision was made to simply drop channel 1 from the channel plans. Hence, there never was a commercial channel 1 - (there was an experimental channel 1 in several communities across the USA in the mid to late 1940's).
2007-05-23 21:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by me 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well NOW it is "On Demand" but it didn't use to be. Back in the day when they started television they decided to keep Channel 1 free of shows and commercials so if there was ever an emergency the police could warn people on this channel. Yet now they can interrupt any channel when there is an emergency so it doesn't really matter what is on Channel 1 now. That is probably why they made it "On Demand".
2007-05-23 21:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by sweetsteffers04 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because channel 1 is On Demand.
2007-05-23 21:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by edingo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Television uses the same spectrum of FM (Frequency Modulation) wavelengths, but mostly the ones on higher end. Channel 1 occupies the 44-50 MHz VHF band. In fact, Television once had a Channel 1, but lost it in 1945. The F.C.C. decided TV was taking up too much of the broadcast spectrum and gave it (Channel 1) for people with land-mobile and two-way radio (walkie-talkie) system. So now we have Channel 2 to 13 on VHF and Channel 14 to 69 on UHF.
2007-05-23 21:47:37 · answer #5 · answered by cerah_micah 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the New York City area channel one is an all news channel called "New York 1"
2007-05-24 02:01:26 · answer #6 · answered by Shy Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Comcast now has a channel one, that leads to the On Demand channel. There you can watch anything any time you want to. However you will need a digital converter box for this.
2007-05-24 08:21:54 · answer #7 · answered by trey98607 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah endigo is right, Channel 1 is On Demand!!
2007-05-23 21:38:57 · answer #8 · answered by Smile =]™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have it at my school and its a gay channel...although i think it's called channel one i don't know what channel it's really on...but who knows it could be on channel one...
2007-05-23 22:15:44 · answer #9 · answered by shannon c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is too low
2007-05-23 21:39:01 · answer #10 · answered by psycohellbomber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋